Pie-lifter.



`PATENTBD JAN. 29. 1907.

A. L. LONG.

PIE LIPTER.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.24.19o6.

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' utensil adapted to be used for removing hot `handle member.

thepurpose of lifting the said plate.

UNITED STATES. PATENT oEEIoE.

ABRAHAM L. LONG, OF NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

PIE-LIFTER.

Patented J' an. 29, 1907.

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM L. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bloomfield, in the county of Perry and State g of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new i and useful Improvements in Pie-Lifters, of which the following is a specifi cation.

My invention has relation to pie-litters and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a pie-plates and the like from ovens and other places.

The lifter is simple and ci--eap of construction 'and embraces few parts. Consequently it requires but little attention to be kept clean and in sanitary condition.

It consists, primarily, of. a handle member formed, preferably, of twisted wire, with a pie-plate-engaging portion and eyes extending laterally from tite same.

a U-shaped bail is linked in the eyes of the The said pie-plate-engaging members are adapted to act conjointly in passing under the edges of a pio-pla te for In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pie-lifter. Fig. 2 is an end'elevation of thepie-lifter, showing the same in engagement with a pie-plate. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the U-sizaped plate-engaging member. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one end of the handle member, and Fig. 5 is a detail end elevation of the eye portion of the handle member.

The pie-lifter consists of the handle meml ber 1, Which is' preferably made of wire. 1 The Wire is bent to form the grip portion 2 and the twisted or coiled portion 3. The portion 4 extends in the same general direction A second piel plate-engagnig member made 1n the form of i as that of the grip and twisted portions 2 and 3. The. pieiplate-engaging portion is' rectangular in shape, and the sides 5 of the rectangle are provided with the laterally-extending eyes 6 6. l

The U-shapedL wire plate-engaging inember 7 is provided at its ends with the eyes S S, which are linked in the eyes 6 6.

As illustrated in Fig.- 2 of the drawings, the method of application of the pie-lifter to a pie-plate is obvious. The lower end of the portion 7 is placed und er the edge of the pieplate and the intermediate portion of the bail 5 is drawn under the opposite' ed e of said plate. Thus the plate is engage by the said members. To disengage the plate, the

operation abovedescribed is reversed.

It will thus be seen that a pie-lifter of simple and cheap construction is produced and one that is eflicient and positive in its method of operation.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent; is-

A pie-lifter comprising a member formed of a single strand of wire bent in the form of a rectangle and provided with opposite eyes, the ends of the wire forming said member being twisted together adjacent one corne of the rectangle and extended laterally in prolongation of the top strand thereof, one of said ends being extended in prolongation of said twisted portion and bent back upon itself and engaged with the twisted portion to form a handle, and a U-shaped Wire member having its ends loosely engaging said eyes. y

In testimony whereof I have slgned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM L. LONG.

vWitnesses:

WILL B. ANDERSON, JOHN C. MOTTER. 

